Official Stopping Jake Locker Thread

[BYUTexan]

Aside from doing what we do on D, should we assign 1 spy, 2 or even 3 to keep him contained? What say ye?

I'm reluctant to say this, but he may be just a big a running threat as Vince Young was.

[MikeWaters]

BYU, on the road vs. Pac-10. Betting man will count this as a L.

[cougjunkie]

I think Locker is a running threat, but we wont spy him with more than one guy. We may have our D-ends play containment instead of pass rushing for part of the game, but besides that when you play strictly zone defense running quarterbacks are not as big of a threat because everyone is facing the line of scrimmage.

Also Locker threw more interceptions than touchdown passes last year, and only completed 47.8% of his passes last year. This will also help in game planning for him.

[Indy Coug]

I'm curious how exactly you spy with 3 guys.

[BlueHair]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

BYU, on the road vs. Pac-10. Betting man will count this as a L.

I don't think BYU has won an out of conference road game since Bronco has been Head Coach.

[Spaz]

Originally Posted by BlueHair

I don't think BYU has won an out of conference road game since Bronco has been Head Coach.

Nope. In fairness, BYU's been very, very close to winning it's OOC road games the last two years. The worst loss has to be at Tulsa. There's really not much shame in losing a road game to a BCS school, even if it's an average one.

[BYUTexan]

Originally Posted by Spaz

Nope. In fairness, BYU's been very, very close to winning it's OOC road games the last two years. The worst loss has to be at Tulsa. There's really not much shame in losing a road game to a BCS school, even if it's an average one.

It's time to end this trend

[BYUTexan]

Now that we are less than 2 months from game time, how are we going to contain Jake Locker, with our schemes, while respecting his ability to pass (assuming that he has improved). Our Safeties will be crucial in this.

[MLOdawgs]

Jake wasn't that bad... yes he at times got too jacked up and overthrew people, but he also had below average wide receivers dropping passes left and right. Hell sometimes Jake was so excited about playing in the game that he would hold his breath and this would tend to end up with the ball sailing on him. He calmed down as the year progressed. I think you will see a major improvement in his passing game this year. He looked great in the Spring game, very accurate with his throws. He went 7 for 7 on one 80 yard TD drive. I think he finished the game 14 for 17 or something close to that.

The offense was not bad last year, we averaged 29.2 points per game. The major problem was that our defense was the worst in our 118 year history of Washington football. I think the biggest key to the game will be if our new and revamped defense can stop or at least slow down your potent offense. A very large uphill battle for us for sure.

BYU will obviously be the favorite to win this game, but I don't think it will be anywhere close to a cake walk or a blowout. You will for sure have your hands full with Jake Locker:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BMfiq9CXss8

[BYUTexan]

Originally Posted by MLOdawgs

Jake wasn't that bad... yes he at times got too jacked up and overthrew people, but he also had below average wide receivers dropping passes left and right. Hell sometimes Jake was so excited about playing in the game that he would hold his breath and this would tend to end up with the ball sailing on him. He calmed down as the year progressed. I think you will see a major improvement in his passing game this year. He looked great in the Spring game, very accurate with his throws. He went 7 for 7 on one 80 yard TD drive. I think he finished the game 14 for 17 or something close to that.

The offense was not bad last year, we averaged 29.2 points per game. The major problem was that our defense was the worst in our 118 year history of Washington football. I think the biggest key to the game will be if our new and revamped defense can stop or at least slow down your potent offense. A very large uphill battle for us for sure.

BYU will obviously be the favorite to win this game, but I don't think it will be anywhere close to a cake walk or a blowout. You will for sure have your hands full with Jake Locker:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BMfiq9CXss8

To say that I am nervous about this game is an understatement. This will be a very tough game for us to win, why? It's at Husky Stadium and IMO there are many unknowns on the Washington team that make predicting the outcome more difficult. I will be happy with a 1 point victory to be honest with you. I'm coming up for the game and will be happy with just that.

How do you see your team performing with all the new replacements this year? I am intrigued. I know that Chris Polk is supposed to be a stud, but what about the others at the different positions?